Blogs by Author - Brian Lee Burke

Sep 15, 2026 • 6 min read

What Front Range Investors Should Verify Before Investing in Property

Property can look convincing from a distance. Clean listing photographs, updated flooring, a tidy rent estimate, and maybe a spreadsheet showing comfortable monthly income are all positives. Still, an investment succeeds or fails somewhere below that polished surface. The real questions concern recurring costs, physical condition, tenant demand, legal limitations, and how the property behaves aft

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Oct 16, 2026 4 min read

Assumable Mortgage in a Divorce: Can You Keep the Low Rate?

By Brian Lee Burke, the hardest working man in real estate. Licensed since 2003. The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC.An assumable mortgage in a divorce can be the difference between keeping the house and having to sell it. If you locked a 3% loan in 2020 or 2021, refinancing into today's rates (see our live Colorado mortgage rates) could add hundreds of dollars a month to the payment. So more

Oct 16, 2026 6 min read

What to Do With the House During a Divorce in Colorado

By Brian Lee Burke, the hardest working man in real estate. Licensed since 2003. The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC.If you are asking what to do with the house during a divorce in Colorado, you are usually not asking about the final answer yet. You are asking about the next few months: who stays in the house, who pays the mortgage, whether you can sell or refinance while the case is open, and

Oct 16, 2026 6 min read

How to Sell a House During a Divorce in Colorado (2026)

By Brian Lee Burke, the hardest working man in real estate. Licensed since 2003. The Kenna Group at Keller Williams DTC.How to sell a house during a divorce comes down to one thing: two people who may not agree on much have to agree on the same listing, the same price and the same offer. This guide walks Colorado sellers in Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Centennial, Parker and across the Front Range t

Oct 16, 2026 6 min read

Fannie Mae 2027 Forecast: 7.5% Rates, 0.6% Home Price Growth

Fannie Mae now forecasts 30-year mortgage rates at 7.5% in every quarter of 2027 and home price growth of just 0.6% next year. That is the headline of the Fannie Mae October 2026 Housing Forecast, and it changes the math for every Colorado home buyer waiting for rates to fall. If you are buying or selling in Denver, Aurora, Highlands Ranch or Colorado Springs, here is what the 2027 mortgage rate

Oct 15, 2026 3 min read

Waiting on the Silver Tsunami? First-Time Buyers, Read This

If you are a first-time home buyer in Colorado waiting for the "silver tsunami" of Baby Boomer homes to bring prices down, the numbers say you will wait a long time. Realtor.com projects 13.9 million homes freed up by older owners by 2036, but only about 38,000 a year are starter homes with 0 to 2 bedrooms. Meanwhile, the starter homes in Denver, Aurora and the Front Range that first-time buyers

Oct 14, 2026 7 min read

Colorado Springs Metro District Taxes: How to Check a Home’s Property Tax Record

Two Colorado Springs-area homes can have similar prices and very different property tax bills. The difference may come from the taxing entities attached to each parcel, including a metropolitan district with its own mill levy.That makes the exact address more useful than the neighborhood name. A development can contain multiple numbered or regional metropolitan districts, and a district’s levy is

Oct 14, 2026 3 min read

Should I Buy a House Now or Wait? 8 Questions for Colorado

Should you buy a house now or wait? In Colorado in 2026, the answer depends on your life, not the market. Rates near 7.5%, the most homes for sale in 14 years and prices flat to down in much of the Denver metro make headlines, but none of them know how long you will stay, how steady your income is or what you pay in rent. These 8 questions decide it for buyers in Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs

Oct 13, 2026 7 min read

Is the Denver Housing Market Crashing? October 2026

Is the Denver housing market crashing? No. As of October 2026, Denver home prices are down 1.7% from a year ago while sales are down more than 20%. That is a slowdown in buying, not a collapse in prices. Here are the October 2026 numbers for the Denver metro, the four signs that separate a crash from a correction, where prices are falling (condos and townhomes), and what 2027 holds for rates and

Oct 13, 2026 13 min read

13 Things to Know Before Moving to Centennial, CO: The Complete Relocation Guide

Moving to Centennial, CO? These are the 13 things to know before you buy in Centennial, Colorado: two school districts, a 6.75% sales tax, light rail at Dry Creek, HOAs and utilities you set up yourself. See every Centennial home for sale and call or text 303-955-4220. A live person answers.This is the complete relocation guide for anyone moving to Centennial CO from another state or from across

Oct 13, 2026 5 min read

Colorado Home Sales Fall 15%: 80% of Denver Deals Had Cuts

Colorado home sales fell 15.1% in September 2026, and in the Denver metro 80% of the homes that sold came with a price cut, a seller concession or both. That is the headline of the Colorado Association of REALTORS September market report, released October 13, 2026. If you are buying or selling in Aurora, Centennial, Denver or Highlands Ranch, buyers hold the negotiating power this fall. Here is w

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